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CROPS.
The gardens did well that summer, and in September the little crops were gathered in with much rejoicing.

Jack and Ned joined their farms and raised potatoes, those being a good salable article.

They got twelve bushels, counting little ones and all, and sold them to Mr.Bhaer at a fair price, for potatoes went fast in that house.

Emil and Franz devoted themselves to corn, and had a jolly little husking in the barn, after which they took their corn to the mill, and came proudly home with meal enough to supply the family with hasty-pudding and Johnny-cake for a lone time.